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qwen3:14b

OLLAMA GGUF

qwen3 · 14.8B · Q4_K_M

Excellent

Mar 5, 2026 · Apple M1 Max

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

OLLAMA GGUF

nvfp4

Not Rec.

Jul 17, 2026 · Apple M5 Max

Global Score
90 vs 80
Hardware Fit
97 vs 77
Quality Score
87 vs 81

Hardware

qwen3:14b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
MachineMacBook ProMacBook Pro
CPUApple M1 MaxApple M5 Max
Cores1018
RAM32 GB48 GB
GPUApple M1 MaxApple M5 Max
OSmacOS 26.3macOS 26.5.2
Archarm64arm64
Power Modebalancedbalanced

Performance

qwen3:14b qwen3.6:35b-mlx
Tokens/sec24.0129.8
First chunk300 ms77 ms
TTFT300 ms30.0 s
Load time3.6 s1.8 s
Memory usage13.8 GB19.7 GB
Memory %43%41%

HW Fit Score Breakdown

qwen3:14b

Speed
47/50
TTFT
20/20
Memory
30/30

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Speed
50/50
TTFT
0/20
Memory
27/30

Quality

qwen3:14b

Reasoning
17/20
Coding
18/20
Instruction
15/20
Structured
15/15
Math
12/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Strong Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Strong Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong

qwen3.6:35b-mlx

Reasoning
19/20
Coding
9/20
Instruction
18/20
Structured
11/15
Math
14/15
Multilingual
10/10
Reasoning: Strong Coding: Weak Instruction Following: Strong Structured Output: Adequate Math: Strong Multilingual: Strong
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